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and that's why the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott is with us. what can we expect from ahmadinejad today? will he tone it down or go out as fiery as he always does? >> i think he's going to double down, up the ante, and hear more of the same. previous years he's talked about american officials being responsible for 9/11, talking about that the holocaust never exists. i think he's very sidelined at home. not very strong right now. i think he'd like to use the world stage as a bullying pulpit, if you will, and then when he talks about this new world order, it has a lot of resonance in some of the countries that do feel like the united states and the western countries, the permanent members of the security council, call all the shots. so while he says a lot of things that are, rhetoric that's very fiery, at the same time, he does have an audience, he's not just speaking for himself. >> people have been asking to tone it down, ban ki-moon -- >> ban ki-moon, u.n. secretary-general said, listen,
and that's why the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott is with us. what can we expect from ahmadinejad today? will he tone it down or go out as fiery as he always does? >> i think he's going to double down, up the ante, and hear more of the same. previous years he's talked about american officials being responsible for 9/11, talking about that the holocaust never exists. i think he's very...
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we weren't red or blue states. we were the united states. that was inspirational even to guys like me. about you there is nothing you can point to to look at president obama and say, oh, my goodness, he did bridge places that were difficult. and what bill clinton did that a president obama has never done is bill clinton learned his lesson after two years and made some alterations, worked with republicans, and they actually made some progress. >> did he not make an alteration to make a deal with john boehner that ultimately collapsed because boehner could not sell it to his caucus? >> no, no. >> read "the new york times," read "the washington post." >> i read "the new york times." >> of course you do. but you can see this president walked away from any deal in order to fix our budget problems. but the real issue -- >> but some would say obstructionist republicans. i have heard that a lot on my show. >>> when we come back, we'll talk to bill burton and continue this conversation. still ahead this morning, not just politicians but hollywood sta
we weren't red or blue states. we were the united states. that was inspirational even to guys like me. about you there is nothing you can point to to look at president obama and say, oh, my goodness, he did bridge places that were difficult. and what bill clinton did that a president obama has never done is bill clinton learned his lesson after two years and made some alterations, worked with republicans, and they actually made some progress. >> did he not make an alteration to make a...
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illinois senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the united states senate, is here with us. good morning, senator. good to see you. >> i'm buying that guy's pizza. >> yeah, no kidding. under any circumstances. senator, thank you for being with us. this convention bounce, let's just talk about this for a second. gallup has a daily tracking poll and it shows that the choice for president obama right now is 49%, versus last tuesday, which is 47%. mitt romney has gone from 46% down to 44%. a two-point switch over to president obama. is that a convention bounce or is it something else? >> well, i think it could be partially the convention. somewhat the economic news. it's been a positive experience. you know, some of the speeches there, michelle's speech i think was the most-watched speech as of that point from both conventions. and then bill clinton's speech, which for many of us who are political animals, was a tour de force for the whole campaign to end on a positive, forward thrust. and the president hit it out of the park. so we felt it was a great convention. very little di
illinois senator dick durbin, the number two democrat in the united states senate, is here with us. good morning, senator. good to see you. >> i'm buying that guy's pizza. >> yeah, no kidding. under any circumstances. senator, thank you for being with us. this convention bounce, let's just talk about this for a second. gallup has a daily tracking poll and it shows that the choice for president obama right now is 49%, versus last tuesday, which is 47%. mitt romney has gone from 46%...
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just the opposite of president obama as the president of the united states. bill clinton gave a good speech and had a record to run on in 1996. president obama doesn't. he has a lousy record, so it's all about speeches and rhetoric. we'll hear a great speech tonight. tomorrow morning, 8% unemployment. the independent voter will say i want to change. >> governor bob mcdonnell, thank you. >> thank you. >>> we have new jobs numbers just in. christine, good morning. >> good morning to you. this just in to "starting point." 365,000 unemployment claims were filed for the first time last week. that's down 12,000 from the week before. that's according to the labor department. this is a positive surprise before what is expected to be an aneemic jobs report tomorrow. economists think the economy grew by 120,000 new jobs in august. in honor of the are you better off than four years ago storyline of the week, let's flash back to four years ago. in september of 2008, lehman collapsed and the economy was shrinking at a rate of 3.7%. in that month, the economy lost 432,000
just the opposite of president obama as the president of the united states. bill clinton gave a good speech and had a record to run on in 1996. president obama doesn't. he has a lousy record, so it's all about speeches and rhetoric. we'll hear a great speech tonight. tomorrow morning, 8% unemployment. the independent voter will say i want to change. >> governor bob mcdonnell, thank you. >> thank you. >>> we have new jobs numbers just in. christine, good morning. >>...
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we're not the red states, the blue states, we're the united states. where did that go? all of that has gone out the door. >> it went out the door with some republicans in congress. >> no, but that's not the way that it operated and i think the country recognizes it's off track. i think they do want to turn around. that's the whole premise of the romney/ryan presidency, the candidacy. and that's where i think mitt romney will be the next president of the united states. we do need a turnaround, somebody who knows about jobs and the economy, somebody who knows about business. that's why mitt romney will be the next president. >> the democrats are happy to have this comparison between do you want to go back to the clinton years or the bush years? what do republicans point to? what decade of governance can you point to? >> we need a total new direction, try to achieve energy independence. we need to get our fiscal house in order not take the deficits. >> would you use the bush years as a model going forward? >> no, no. you have to create a new pathway to move forward. >> but
we're not the red states, the blue states, we're the united states. where did that go? all of that has gone out the door. >> it went out the door with some republicans in congress. >> no, but that's not the way that it operated and i think the country recognizes it's off track. i think they do want to turn around. that's the whole premise of the romney/ryan presidency, the candidacy. and that's where i think mitt romney will be the next president of the united states. we do need a...
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the united states will bring justice to those who harm americans, and the united states wi stand strongly for our democratic values abroad. >> senator john barrasso is a republican from wyoming. he supports mitt romney's presidential campaign. he's also a member of the senate foreign relations committee. also joining us this morning, elise labott, cnn's former affairs reporter. nice to have you both with us. we'll start with you, senator. you wrote an op-ed in politico and you listed what you thought were three critical things that the president had to hit on when he gives his speech before the general assembly today. can you lay out for me what you think he needs to say? >> the first thing he is needs to acknowledge that the war on terror continues. look at what you discovered from cnn, the private journals of chris stevens. who said, a number of things. this was not about a video. he was being targeted by al qaeda. he said al qaeda was growing in libya. he said there was a rise in islamic extremism in that area. there truly is terrorism that continues. this is not because of a video. nu
the united states will bring justice to those who harm americans, and the united states wi stand strongly for our democratic values abroad. >> senator john barrasso is a republican from wyoming. he supports mitt romney's presidential campaign. he's also a member of the senate foreign relations committee. also joining us this morning, elise labott, cnn's former affairs reporter. nice to have you both with us. we'll start with you, senator. you wrote an op-ed in politico and you listed what...
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. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indif visible, with liberty and justice for all. >> judy chu of california is a friend of gabby gifford and also at the speech last night. nice to have you this morning. let's talk first -- ihought that was such a high point, so emotional. you couldn't watch that and not be moved by the progress she's made and her determination to get up there and recite the pledge of allegiance. tell me how she's doing and how that came to be. >> people gasped when she came out. it was incredible to see her and see her struggle but per severe in getting out on the stage was so inspirational. she is doing so well. >> she wanted to do the pledge of allegiance i'd heard because doing something that required more ad-libbing might be more of a challenge for her. >> exactly. she went ahead and did it and put that hand up even though it was difficult and able to complete it. >> let's talk about the speech overall. do you think that speech resonated with your constituents in th
. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indif visible, with liberty and justice for all. >> judy chu of california is a friend of gabby gifford and also at the speech last night. nice to have you this morning. let's talk first -- ihought that was such a high point, so emotional. you couldn't watch that and not be moved by the progress she's made and her determination to get up there and...
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and israel should know that the united states has its back as the president has said and the united states will do what it must do to stop iran. but let the united states make that decision, not some preimposed red line. i think that makes sense for america. >> president obama on " 6/0 minutes" on sunday said this. let's play a clip. >> and it comes to our national security decisions, any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the american people. and i am going to block out any noise that is out there. >> some have interpreted that he is calling calls by benjamin netanyahu noise. do you think that that's true, do you think that's fair? >> i don't know if he was referring to the united states and israel. we're in there together. we have an identical interest in stopping iranians. i just think it was a mistake for president obama netanyahu during an election season to try to force the united states to make a statement before b when we would go to war. that's the most serious decision an american president could make and we surely want any american president, whether it's pres
and israel should know that the united states has its back as the president has said and the united states will do what it must do to stop iran. but let the united states make that decision, not some preimposed red line. i think that makes sense for america. >> president obama on " 6/0 minutes" on sunday said this. let's play a clip. >> and it comes to our national security decisions, any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the american people. and i am...
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states must make a priority of helping reduce demand in this country. >> the united states can focus on drug treatment and prevention. >> absolutely. i agree with that. >> reporter: if anyone should know, it's judge giselle pollack. she presides over drug court in broward county, florida. the idea, get clean, you may not a perfect record. pollack says drug courts ought to be a priority for the candidates, because they reduce drug dependency and save taxpayers millions. &she's g and she's got the numbers to back it up. a study showed pollack's court saved the county as much as $30 million a year over a five-year period. basically, the difference in the cost of treatment and counseling versus incarceration. >> if we can keep them out of the critical justice system at this level, then we will save billions and billions in prison costs. >> reporter: for the white house, it's a multi-layered approach. focus on education and prevention, treat drugs and addiction as a public health issue, not just a criminal justice concern. law enforcement continues choking off the supply. this year, the f
states must make a priority of helping reduce demand in this country. >> the united states can focus on drug treatment and prevention. >> absolutely. i agree with that. >> reporter: if anyone should know, it's judge giselle pollack. she presides over drug court in broward county, florida. the idea, get clean, you may not a perfect record. pollack says drug courts ought to be a priority for the candidates, because they reduce drug dependency and save taxpayers millions....
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how can the united states budget do it? >> can you invest your way out? if we invest in infrastructure, we can invest our way into more jobs. more jobs means people have money to put back into the economy, and that is -- i'm not an economist either. so obviously we have two noneconomists talking about the economy. >> but the thing is, what we're hearing from this administration means more spending. there is no more money. are we going to continue to borrow money from china until china says no more money? i mean, it's coming to that point. >> let's talk about the $5 trillion that mr. romney is going to add on to the debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. you must be against that. >> i think that -- i mean, at the end of the day, it's this class warfare that the administration and the left wants to play. it's pitting the rich against the middle class. >> it's not about the rich against the middle class. >> it is. that's all we hear. >> mr. romney says he wants to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires which will cost $5 trillion
how can the united states budget do it? >> can you invest your way out? if we invest in infrastructure, we can invest our way into more jobs. more jobs means people have money to put back into the economy, and that is -- i'm not an economist either. so obviously we have two noneconomists talking about the economy. >> but the thing is, what we're hearing from this administration means more spending. there is no more money. are we going to continue to borrow money from china until...
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i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units ross the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> welcome back to "starting point" i'm christine romans. world markets are falling after a weak manufacturing report from china showing china's factories slowed for an 11th month in a row. >>> mutual fund managers say the stock market rally is over. 58% of fund managers surveyed by bank of america, merrill lynch in september, say stocks are the most overvalued investments in the world. that's up from 51% in a survey in august. >>> 6 million americans will pay penalties under obama's health care law for not having health insurance. that's 2 million more than previous estimates. that's according to a new report from the congressional budget office and the joint committee on taxation. of course, those fines and penalties, soledad, begin in the year 2014, and sta
i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units ross the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>> welcome back to "starting point" i'm christine romans. world markets are falling after a weak manufacturing report from china showing china's...